acre.
sharp (unpleasantly acrid or tart in taste)
Meaning & usage
sharp (unpleasantly acrid or tart in taste)
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Latin ācrem. Doublet of agre, agro, and ágrio.
English or American acre, a unit of area about equal to 0.4 hectares
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-? Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵros Proto-Germanic *akraz Proto-West Germanic *akr Old English æcer Middle English aker English acrebor. Portuguese acre Borrowed from English acre. Doublet of agro.
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